Why did Paul cite Habakkuk 2:4b?

Lim, Timothy H.

dc.contributor.author	Lim, Timothy H.
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-31T11:22:10Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-31T11:22:10Z
dc.date.issued	2022-03
dc.description.abstract	One of the most perplexing uses of the Old Testament in the New is Paul’s quotation of ‘the one who is righteous will live by faith’ to support his view that: divine righteousness is revealed through faith (Rom 1:17); no one is justified before God by the law (Gal 3:11); and no one is justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ (Gal 2:16). Why did Paul quote Hab 2:4b, since this half-verse is not ostensibly about judgment and salvation? In this article, I show that Paul’s selection is explicable when it is realized that there was a Jewish tradition, as reflected in Pesher Habakkuk (1QpHab), which interpreted righteousness and living by faith as salvation for the righteous and judgment for the wicked.	en_US
dc.description.department	Old Testament Studies	en_US
dc.description.librarian	hj2023	en_US
dc.description.uri	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ext	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Lim, T. H. (2022). Why did Paul cite Habakkuk 2:4b? The Expository Times, 133(6), 225–232. https://doi.org/10.1177/00145246221075893.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0014-5246 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1745-5308 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.1177/00145246221075893
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90310
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Sage	en_US
dc.rights	© The Author(s) 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).	en_US
dc.subject	Faith	en_US
dc.subject	Justification	en_US
dc.subject	Habakkuk	en_US
dc.subject	Paul	en_US
dc.subject	Pesher	en_US
dc.title	Why did Paul cite Habakkuk 2:4b?	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US